Slide and sound record carrier



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INVENTORS MORRIS SCHWARTZ WW/4R0 /f' KAPIQEL/AN United States Patent O 3,145,616 SUBE AND SGUND RECORD CARRIER Morris Schwartz and Edward K. Kaprelian, Plainvilie,

Conn., assignors to The Kalart Company, Ine., Plainviile, Conn.

Griginal appiieation July 9, 1954,'Ser. No. 442,362, now Patent No. 2,961,922, dated Nov. 29, 196?. Divided and this application Sept. 14, 196g, Ser. No. 63,710

S Claims. (Cl. 33-28) The present invention relates to means for rendering the viewing of photographic transparencies or slides more informative and enjoyable. This application is a division of Ser. No. 442,362, tiled July 9, 1954, which matured into Patent No. 2,961,922, November 29, 1960.

Photographic slides may be directly viewed through a viewer or projected by means of a projector. The invention is primarily concerned with the latter method of showing slides which is generally the more effective one.

While a projected slide image, as any picture, is to a certain extent Seli-explanatory, additional information or comment pertaining to the slide image is often necessary or at least desirable. This is not only true for slide images of technical, scientific or promotional nature but also for slides ot more personal interest. The enjoyment of viewing slides will often be greatly enhanced by an accompanying comment on the situation or location depicted on the slide.

While movie ilm with sound track is well known, both for amateur and professional use, there are not available as far as the applicant is aware, any means for directly associating a slide or other still photograph with a recorded sound message.

Accordingly, one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide novel and improved means associating a slide and a sound track carrier for simultaneous projection and sound reproduction respectively.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide common holder means for holding a slide and a sound track carrier in position for simultaneous projection and sound reproduction respectively.

rIlle term slide as used herein, is intended to encompass single picture slides and stereoscopic slides, both for black and white and for color projection.

Further objects, features and advantages or" the invention will be pointed out hereinafter and set forth in the appended claims forming part of the application.

ln the accompan ing drawings several preferred embodiments of the invention are shown by way of illustration and not by way of limitation.

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FIG. 1 is a plan view of a holder for a slide and a record disc.

FlG. 2 is a section taken on lineZ-Z OFIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a modification of the slide and record disc holder of FlG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a section taken on line 5 5 of FIG. 4.

FG. 6 is a section taken on line 6 6 of FIG. 4.

FlG. 7 is a plan View of a sound track carrier insertable in a holder according to the invention.

Fl-G. 8 is a diametrical section of FIG. 7.

FiG. 9 is a plan View of a different kind of a sound track carrier lnsertable in a holderaccording to the invention.

FiG. 10 is a section of FIG. 9.

FIG. l1 is a plan view of still another sound track carrier insertable in a holder according to the invention.

FG. 12 is a diametricsection of FIG. l1.

FlG. 13 is a planview of a holderaccording to the in- 3,145,616 Patented ug. 25, i964 vention designed for receiving a stereoscopic slide and a record disc, and

FlG. 14 is a section taken on line 14-14 of FIG. 13.

The holders according to FlGS. 1 to V14 inclusive, have in common `that each of the holders shown in the respective figures provides means for supporting a slide, either of the single picture type or the stereoscopic type, yand a sound track carrier ina spatial relationship such that upon insertion of lthe holder in an appropriately designed device, the slide andthe vsoundtrack are held in operational positions for simultaneously projecting the slide and reproducing the intelligence recorded by the sound track. As explained before, such an arrangement according to the invention causes in effect the slide to tell its own story when it is projected thereby giving the showing of slides a new impetus and making it more interesting and informative.

Referring iirst to FIGS. 1,2 and 3 in detail, the holder according to these gures comprises a frame 25 made as shown of sheet metal or any other suitable material such as plastic. The frame has a slide or transparency receiving-portion 26 and a sound track receiving portion 27. To form these portions, the frame may be dished and the resulting shallow pockets are closed with a back plate-28. 1lie space in frame portion 25 is open at the long edges of the frame to permit the insertion of a slide into said space. Windows 29 `and Sil serve to permit projection of a slide inserted in frame 'portiond The slide may be visualized -as a conventional slide in which the Alilm proper is mounted inv an appropriate frame made for instance of cardboard. Theslide is retained in the frame by the margin of the slide frame extending between the respective wall portions of frame 25. The slide may further be releasably retained in frame portion 26 by providing leafsprings 31.

The sound track which is received by frame portion 27 is shown as a record disc'32. This disc may be visualized as'being made of or including magnetic sound recording material on which the desired `intelligence is magnetically recorded. Appropriate discs will be more fully described hereinafter. The disc is rotatable about a pin 33 extending through the front of holder 27. The opposite back portion ofdisc holder 27 is provided with an appropriate depression 34 which acts as a bearing at the rear center of the disc toreduce friction between the disc and back plate 2S. As cany best be seen in FIG; l, the disc partly Vunderlies' turned'over anges 35 of the frame. It may be centrally rotated or by means of 'a roller engaging the periphery ofthe disc. To vpermit such engagement, holder portion 27 is cut out at'o and 37.

As appears from the previous description and the iigures, the holder supports the slide and the disc in a sideby-side position and permits insertion of theholder with the slide and the disc in such position in one of the devices as shown in FiGS. 2G to24Y inclusive ofl Patent No.

.rotates about pin 33.

The disc may be a disc for magnetic sound recording as'has been described in connectionwith FlGS. 1 to 3 but it may also be a disc inwhich the sound is recorded* by cutting of grooves as indicated by therinsert'drawing associated with FlG. 5. Similarly a disc employing recordingY grooves may also be employed in connection witiithe holder.y according to FIGS?. 1 to kv3. l,

As is apparent, the holder according to FIGS. 4 to 6 retains the slide and the recording disc in a side-by-side position in the same manner as the holder of FlGS. l to 3.

FGS. 7 and 8 show a recording disc as may be used with either of the holders according to FIGS. 1 to 4.

The disc according to FlGS. 7 and 8 comprises a nonmagnetic metallic base 55, a resilient layer 56 which may be made of felt, paper, rubber, rubber composition or suitable plastic and a magneti/zahle layer 57 made for instance of suitable oxide sheeting. The three layers are cemented or otherwise bonded together, intermediate layer 56 forming a cushion for the sound carrying layer 57. A guide hole 53 which may be in form of a Maltese cross, serves to seat the record pin upon a drive shaft.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show a square shaped recording plate which comprises a non-magnetic base 6@ preferably made of aluminum or plastic to which is cemented or bonded a layer 61 made of suitable rubber or plastic impregnated with particles of magnetic material. A guide hole 62 serves to locate the plate in the holder.

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a reguide cross ycordingly, the slide supporting frame portion 26 is broadened to accommodate two pairs of windows 29, 3l) and 29 and 3d for the two pictures of a stereoscopic slide. The arrangement of the holder and its function are obvious from the description of the holder according to FlG. 1.

While the invention has been described in detail with respect to certain now preferred examples and embodiments of the invention it will be understood by those skilled in the art after understanding the invention, that various changes and moditications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and it is intended, therefore, to cover all such changes and modilications in the appended claims.

We claim:

l. A holder for a photographic slide and a disk-shaped sound record carrier, said holder comprising a trarne having side by side a slide-supporting portion and a sound-track carrier supporting portion disposed in coplanar, spatially txed relationship for supporting the slide and the carrier independently of each other, said slidesupporting portion having a window therethrough and including guide tracks forming a pocket in the respective frame portion for receiving a slide and holding the same with reference to the window for projecting a slide inserted in said frame portion through the window, and said sound-track carrier-supporting frame portion including guiding and holding means engageable with a sound track carrier placed upon said carrier-supporting V)frame portion for guiding and retaining said carrier rotatably about its center axis on said frame portion.

2. A holder for a photographic slide and a disk-shaped sound record carrier, said holder comprising a frame having a slide-supporting portion and a soundtrack-supporting portion disposed in co-planar relationship, said slidesupporting portion having a window therethrough and including guide tracks forming a pocket for receiving a slide and holding the same with reference to the window for projecting a slide inserted in said frame portion through the window, and said sound-record-carrier-supporting frame portion including holding means for supporting a disk-shaped sound record carrier, said holding means comprising a bearing pin for rotatably supporting the record disk and an abutment formed by a frame portion opposite said pin, said abutment constituting a countersupport for the disk upon the pin.

3. A holder according to claim 2, wherein said soundrecord-carrier-supporting frame portion includes flanges overlying a record disk supported on said pin for retaining the disk on the pin.

4. A holder according to claim 3, wherein said frame portion for supporting the record disk is formed with recesses partially exposing the rim of the disk for driving the same by driving means engageable with the exposed rim part of the disk.

5. A holder according to claim 1, wherein said frame comprises a base plate having two recessed portions to form a pocket for receiving the slide and a pocket for receiving the sound record carrier, and a cover plate secured to said base plate and covering the recessed porceiving the sound record carrier to render the same accessible from the outside for the reproduction of sound rom the carrier.

6. A holder according to claim 2, wherein said frame comprises a base plate having two recessed portions to form a poclzet for receiving the slide and a pocket for receiving the sound record carrier, and a cover plate secured to said base plate and covering the recessed portions thereoi, the base plate and the cover plate each including an aperture aligned withthe pocket for receiving the slide, said apertures constituting said window for pro- 4jecting the slide therethrough, and one of said plates including a second aperture aligned with the recess for receiving the sound record carrier to render the same accessible from the outside for the reproduction of sound from the carrier, said pin extending from the other of said plates into the recess for receiving the sound record v carrier.

7. A holder according to claim 2, wherein said pin has a cross section in the form of a Maltese cross.

S. `A holder according to claim 1 for a stereoscopic photographic slide, wherein said slide-supporting portion ot the frame has two windows therethrough and includes ,K

guide tracks forming two pockets side by side and in spa- "tially lixed relationship tor receiving the two picture areas of the slide and locating the same with reference to said windows and protecting a stereoscopic slide inserted in said frame portion through said windows.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,005,9l4 Freund ,.lune 25, 1935 2,287,62dl Langenfeld lune 23, 1942 2,683,390 teele luly 13, 1954 2,857,476 Kleiber Cet. 21, 1958 2,913,246 Hagopian Nov. 17, 1959 

1. A HOLDER FOR A PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDE AND A DISK-SHAPED SOUND RECORD CARRIER, SAID HOLDER COMPRISING A FRAME HAVING SIDE BY SIDE A SLIDE-SUPPORTING PORTION AND A SOUND-TRACK CARRIER SUPPORTING PORTION DISPOSED IN COPLANAR, SPATIALLY FIXED RELATIONSHIP FOR SUPPORTING THE SLIDE AND THE CARRIER INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER, SAID SLIDESUPPORTING PORTION HAVING A WINDOW THERETHROUGH AND INCLUDING GUIDE TRACKS FORMING A POCKET IN THE RESPECTIVE FRAME PORTION FOR RECEIVING A SLIDE AND HOLDING THE SAME WITH REFERENCE TO THE WINDOW FOR PROJECTING A SLIDE INSERTED IN SAID FRAME PORTION THROUGH THE WINDOW, AND SAID SOUND-TRACK CARRIER-SUPPORTING FRAME PORTION INCLUDING GUIDING AND HOLDING MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH A SOUND TRACK CARRIER PLACED UPON SAID CARRIER-SUPPORTING FRAME PORTION FOR GUIDING AND RETAINING SAID CARRIER ROTATABLY ABOUT ITS CENTER AXIS ON SAID FRAME PORTION. 